Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "brain-implant"

1. Serenity (2005)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.

Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk

Votes: 305,749 | Gross: $25.51M

2. Possessor (2020)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An agent works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.

Director: Brandon Cronenberg | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland

Votes: 45,860

3. Criminal (2016)

R | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission.

Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman

Votes: 70,694 | Gross: $14.27M

4. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise

Votes: 116,671 | Gross: $65.96M

5. Earth: Final Conflict (1997–2002)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

When an alien species comes to Earth bearing gifts for humanity, a few suspicious humans seek to discover and resist the newcomers' true designs.

Stars: Von Flores, Leni Parker, Anita La Selva, Richard Chevolleau

Votes: 4,791

6. Truth Seekers (2020)

TV-14 | 223 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic conspiracy.

Stars: Nick Frost, Malcolm McDowell, Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma

Votes: 14,962

7. Captain America (1990)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against archcriminal The Red Skull.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin

Votes: 15,137 | Gross: $0.01M

8. The Terminal Man (1974)

PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response to his brain.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat

Votes: 2,561 | Gross: $0.22M

9. The Mind Snatchers (1972)

PG | 94 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Christopher Walken, Joss Ackland, Ralph Meeker, Ronny Cox

Votes: 681

10. Invasion Earth (1998)

50 min | Sci-Fi

In the lonely Scottish highlands, a small band of military personnel fight a desperate battle against a formidable alien intruder to prevent an invasion of the Earth.

Stars: Vincent Regan, Maggie O'Neill, Fred Ward, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 658

11. SF8 (2020– )

60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

SF8 revolves around people who dream of a perfect society. It tackles the themes of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, robots, games, fantasy, horror, superpowers and disasters.

Stars: Lee Dong-hwi, Yoon Kyung-ho, Seo Hyun-woo, Yeom Hye-ran

Votes: 175

12. Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger

Votes: 1,754

13. Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island (1995 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A brilliant and beautiful female doctor has perfected brain transplant operations and uses that knowledge to give the old men in power new bodies. But unknown to them, she implants an ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Whitson | Stars: Pamela Sutch, Tina Krause, Laura Giglio, Kathy Steel

Votes: 154

14. Beyond the Rising Moon (1987)

PG | 84 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An alien spaceship is being sought by various factions on Earth. A female cyborg and a rogue trader team up to stop evil forces from taking over the ship.

Director: Philip J. Cook | Stars: Tracy Davis, Hans Bachmann, Michael Mack, Ron Ikejiri

Votes: 485

15. Megaville (1990)

R | 95 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A sci-fi fantasy about a world where it is illegal to enjoy any kind of media except in a place called Megaville. After catching a brutal killer named Jenson, the media police send an agent... See full summary »

Director: Peter Lehner | Stars: Billy Zane, J.C. Quinn, Grace Zabriskie, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 290

16. Observer (2017 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A burnt-out cop investigates what caused a rundown apartment building to go under automatic lockdown, which brings him face-to-face with the ghosts from his past.

Director: Mariusz Szaflik | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Brandon Fague, Kristin Lennox

Votes: 621

17. Glitch (2008 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A new communication technology is invented, but when the inventors test the new product on themselves, there is a bug or two that needs to be fixed.

Director: Randy Daudlin | Stars: Steve Byers, Greg Campbell, Maury Chaykin, Matthew Edison

Votes: 489

18. Kenneyville (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Thriller

There is something seriously wrong with Kenneyville. When, a young woman, KIM (Kelsey Oluk), from Toronto goes missing and police mysteriously drop the case earlier than expected, two ... See full summary »

Director: Brooks Hunter | Stars: Dany Gehshan, Vanessa Broze, Michael Scratch, Doran Damon

Votes: 124

19. Tex Murphy: Overseer (1998 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

During a date, Tex agrees to retell his first adventure, Mean Streets, to his girlfriend Chelsee. Tex is hired by Sylvia Linsky to find out if her scientist father was murdered. Meanwhile, tensions between normals and mutants are rising.

Director: Adrian Carr | Stars: Michael York, Rebecca Broussard, Richard Norton, Henry Darrow

Votes: 168

20. Wirehead (1995 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Wirehead is a first-person perspective "interactive movie" video game where a seemingly, average, family man learns that he has a hi-tech device inside his brain, which lots of different people are willing to kill to obtain.

Director: James W. Riley | Stars: Steve Witting, Leah Lail, Natasha Pavlovich, John Fujioka

Votes: 34

21. Implanted (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When your memory lies, how do you find the truth?

Director: Thomas Verrette | Stars: Justice Leak, Robert Pralgo, Beth Keener, Jason Turner

Votes: 375

22. Star Trek: Borg (1996 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The player is a Starfleet cadet whose father was killed during the Battle of Wolf 359 fought against the Borg 10 years ago. Impish Q shows up and offers him to go back in time to his father's ship during the battle and try to save him.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: John de Lancie, Barry Lynch, John Cothran, Marnie McPhail

Votes: 224

23. Iron Thunder (1998)

113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Danger faces unsuspecting tourists in Las Vegas as Colonel Nelson, who goes mad when he is accidentally electrocuted by the very super secret U.S. military tank he is testing, Iron Thunder.... See full summary »

Director: Jay Woelfel | Stars: Richard Hatch, Susannah Devereux, Don Hughes, Dyrk Ashton

Votes: 95

24. The Final Moments of Karl Brant (2013)

16 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Set in the near future where experimental technology allows two detectives to bring a murder victim back to life in a digital state in order to question him about his final moments.

Director: M. Francis Wilson | Stars: Paul Reubens, Janina Gavankar, Pete Chekvala, Fay Masterson

Votes: 139

25. The Missourian Candidate (2019)

20 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

The process of re-triggering Jason Shaw, the host of a CIA agent dropped in the Afghan mountains.

Director: Normann Bjorvand | Stars: Alex Fatehnia, Nicolas Stromback, Love Jarl, John La Briola

26. Mundo Ultimate News Cp (2018–2021)

TV-14 | 48 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a vast and mysterious multiverse with fantastic alternative realities, a metaphysical entity has a whole plan behind it, in order to protect the timeline of an island using a book that ... See full summary »

Stars: Henrique Brandão, Cristian Universe, Guilherme Lucas

Votes: 8

27. The Visited (I) (2009)

15 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi

Edward, an aspiring writer, is losing his grip on reality. As his disturbing visions of an alien abduction intensify, he must distinguish reality from insanity before he hurts someone he loves.

Director: James Caballero | Stars: Chuck Phelps, Anna Laveria May, Sean Bart, Kevin Copps

28. The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dark Sci-Fi adventure set on a space station near Saturn's moon Titan in 2577. The station's A.I. called C.H.A.O.S. has gone insane. Use an automated drone to navigate the station, save the hostages and stop the A.I.

Director: David Fowler | Stars: Joyce Carlson, Robert Carlson, Robert J. Howell, Jane Walter

29. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Man with the Power (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A mild, timid, man unknowingly acquires the power to subconsciously vaporize those who aggravate him.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Priscilla Morrill, Fred Beir, Frank Maxwell

Votes: 806

30. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: Brainlock (1996)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family

On the eve of the signing of the new UEO charter, President Alexander Bourne and Larry Deon conspire to gain control of Lieutenant Fredericks' psyche-implant in order to program her to ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Michael Ironside, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Edward Kerr

Votes: 89

31. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: The Wire (1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dr. Bashir fights to save Garak's life when a device implanted in his brain, designed to alleviate pain in the event of torture, begins to malfunction and is slowly killing him.

Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,367

32. Strange World (1999–2002)
Episode: Man Plus (2000)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a brilliant pianist suffers a seizure during concert and dies, an implant that serves as a form of a steroid is found in his brain. Several other corpses with implants show up. Turner investigates who's killing these people and why.

Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Tim Guinee, Sandra Quarterman, Vivian Wu, Kristin Lehman

33. Flash Gordon (2007–2008)
Episode: Possession (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Joe steals a rift blaster to get proof of Mongo and, while tracking him, Dale falls prey to a witch who possesses her body. Meanwhile, Rankol is showed up by a rival female scientist.

Director: Pat Williams | Stars: Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, Karen Cliche, Jody Racicot

Votes: 63

34. Severance (2022– )
Episode: Half Loop (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The team train new hire Helly on macrodata refinement. Mark takes a day off to meet with a mysterious former colleague.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman

Votes: 6,471

35. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Behavioral Experiments That Went Terribly Wrong (2019)

17 min | Documentary

One of the problems with studying human behavior is you find out more if you do experiments. That's been tried with animals, as described here, but some experiments were exceedingly ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

36. Severance (2022– )
Episode: The You You Are (2022)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Irving finds an intriguing book at work. Helly aggressively pursues a meeting with her Outie. Mark attends a funeral with Ms. Selvig.

Director: Aoife McArdle | Stars: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman

Votes: 6,094

37. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: The Top 10 Must-Know Mad Scientists Who Went Way Too Far (2018)

16 min | Documentary

Here are a group of scientists or in some cases pseudo scientists with an odd side. In some cases they made substantial contributions to the world and just had an odd theory or two. Others ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

38. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: A Going Concern (2011)

TV-MA | 21 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

After Malory is wiped out in a Ponzi scheme, she hatches a scheme of her own: selling ISIS to rival spy agency ODIN. Archer and the rest of the ISIS employees must use every trick in the book to try to stop the sale.

Director: Adam Reed | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, George Coe, Judy Greer, Amber Nash

Votes: 1,837

39. Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode: The Entire History of You (2011)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?

Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Toby Kebbell, Jodie Whittaker, Tom Cullen, Amy Beth Hayes

Votes: 64,809

40. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010–2012)
Episode: The Deadliest Man Alive (2012)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

With the Hulk apparently rampaging wild, the Red Hulk comes to the Avengers to request to join.

Directors: Steven E. Gordon, Frank Paur | Stars: Gabriel Mann, Keith Ferguson, Eric Loomis, Brian Bloom

Votes: 321

41. Weird or What? (2010–2012)
Episode: Mind Control (2012)

51 min | Documentary

Weird or What examines mind control. It looks at a Colorado man who discovers a mysterious object in his body and believes aliens might be monitoring him. It goes to St. Louis where a ... See full summary »

Directors: Stephen Grant, Ryan Marley | Stars: William Shatner, Tim Cullen, Derrel W. Sims, Michael Shermer

Votes: 13

42. Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode: Black Blotter (2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Walter Bishop opens Pandora's Box. He finds a young Observer once he has hidden in the Pocket Universe.

Director: Tommy Gormley | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, John Noble

Votes: 1,878

43. Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode: The Human Kind (2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Following the bread crumbs, Olivia collects a truck with cargo from a scrap yard but runs into bounty hunters. Peter, with newly gained powers, has to make a decision.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, John Noble

Votes: 1,801

44. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Stan becomes Agent Bullock's new protege.

Directors: Shawn Murray, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 576

45. Perception (2012–2015)
Episode: Defective (2013)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Parkinson patients start dying from defective implants used to control their symptoms. But even as he realizes the "malfunctions" may be a cover-up to murder, he also wonders if the miracle device could be a cure to his schizophrenia.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith

Votes: 263

46. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: Archer Vice: House Call (2014)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Archer has to stage an intervention for Pam that gets derailed by an unwanted guest.

Directors: Bryan Fordney, Adam Reed | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Tom Kane, Amber Nash

Votes: 1,424

47. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Fugitive (2014)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Tup's body is transported back to Coruscant where it is to be examined by the Chancellor's personal physician, while Fives furtively investigates his death with the help of a droid.

Directors: Danny Keller, Dave Filoni | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Ben Diskin, Gwendoline Yeo, Tasia Valenza

Votes: 3,369

48. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: 6,741 (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shaw escapes her captors, but the team is unsure of her mental state when she begins to act paranoid and reckless.

Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker, Sarah Shahi

Votes: 5,266

49. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: A God Walks into Abar (2019)

TV-MA | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Doctor Manhattan meets Angela, setting the stage for future events.

Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers

Votes: 9,968

50. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: An Almost Religious Awe (2019)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Under Lady Trieu's care, Angela undergoes an unconventional treatment. Laurie chases down a lead. The smartest man in the world delivers a crude defense of his past actions.

Director: David Semel | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Hong Chau, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Votes: 7,413